Antonio Bryant is still around. He’s signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jon Gruden needed WRs badly.
“Hopefully, one of our young receivers can step up. We’re going to need somebody to start hitting the ball out of the park consistently. We’ve added Antonio Bryant. Garcia played with him, McCown played with him and I did a lot of research on him. He’s got a lot of talent. He had a 1,000-yard year in Cleveland and he averaged 20 yards a catch with the 49ers in 2006. He’s had his problems sticking around, but he’s a talented, big player. He could be a really good player if he gets confidence and he trusts us. I’m excited to have him.”
Gruden doesn’t seem worried about his past — at least not publicly.
“I know some guys who have coached him,” Gruden said. “Walt Harris coached him at Pitt but (defensive line coach) Larry Coyer was on that staff. Jeff Garcia played with him in Cleveland. So did Luke McCown. So, we have an environment for him to take off. Whether he does or not will depend on him.”
Really, at this point it’s probably a low risk, high reward signing for Tampa. His other problems mean he wasn’t signed for a lot. He doesn’t have the contract or pull to be a real problem. If he doesn’t work or does disrupt, he’s gone. I’m hoping he gets it together, though.
As for Larry Fitzgerald, well, he’s a daddy according to the results of the paternity suit.
“My beautiful grandson is not a secret,” Mary Lou Nazario told me via telephone Tuesday. Reminded that it was April Fools’ Day, Nazario laughed and said she was dead serious that a Coconino County judge has issued an order confirming that Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is father of Angela Nazario‘s baby, Devin Nazario Fitzgerald, who was born Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
On Wednesday, a court official confirmed to me the authenticity of a paternity document that came into my possession.
Angela filed a paternity suit against Junior last year.
Good thing he just signed that new contract with Arizona. The mother is a former Raiderette (recent and older photos on that link) in her late 30s.
Can he catch? I wonder what info Dokish has on the kid.
Even the best of us are reduced to idiots when a hot chick is involved. Even an old(er) one.
His circus shots going in against Pitt in the Sweet Sixteen, and his triple-double against Kentucky in the elite eight had more to do with that Final Four run than anything else (where you guys were flat out embarrassed by Kansas).
